Best Albums
Discover
New Releases
Lists
Genres
News
Community
Sign In
Overview
Best Albums
New Releases
Top Artists
Critic Score
User Score
The Best Singer-Songwriter Albums of 2012
Decade
2010s
All Time
2020s
2010s
2000s
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s
Source
All
Genre
Singer-Songwriter
All
Alternative Rock
Ambient
Art Pop
Black Metal
Contemporary Folk
Country
Death Metal
Electronic
Electropop
Folk
Hardcore Punk
Hip Hop
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Jazz
Metal
Metalcore
Pop
Psychedelic
Punk
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
2010s
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
1
.
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
June 19, 2012
Critic Score
87
29
reviews
2
.
Paul Buchanan - Mid Air
May 21, 2012
Critic Score
85
7
reviews
3
.
Rodriguez - Searching for Sugar Man [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
July 24, 2012
Critic Score
84
5
reviews
4
.
Matthew E. White - Big Inner
August 21, 2012
Critic Score
84
16
reviews
5
.
Bob Dylan - Tempest
September 11, 2012
Critic Score
84
31
reviews
6
.
Mount Eerie - Clear Moon
May 22, 2012
Critic Score
81
18
reviews
7
.
Carina Round - Tigermending
May 1, 2012
Critic Score
81
5
reviews
8
.
Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
February 7, 2012
Critic Score
81
31
reviews
9
.
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
January 31, 2012
Critic Score
81
28
reviews
10
.
Nanci Griffith - Intersection
February 20, 2012
Critic Score
80
5
reviews
11
.
Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
February 21, 2012
Critic Score
80
27
reviews
12
.
Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself
March 6, 2012
Critic Score
79
27
reviews
13
.
Father John Misty - Fear Fun
May 1, 2012
Critic Score
79
21
reviews
14
.
Iris DeMent - Sing The Delta
October 2, 2012
Critic Score
79
10
reviews
15
.
Cat Power - Sun
September 4, 2012
Critic Score
78
41
reviews
16
.
Meursault - Something for the Weakened
July 16, 2012
Critic Score
78
12
reviews
17
.
Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
October 15, 2012
Critic Score
78
12
reviews
18
.
Josephine Foster - Blood Rushing
September 18, 2012
Critic Score
78
5
reviews
19
.
Soap&Skin - Narrow
February 13, 2012
Critic Score
78
5
reviews
20
.
Martin Rossiter - The Defenestration of St Martin
December 3, 2012
Critic Score
78
8
reviews
21
.
Loudon Wainwright III - Older Than My Old Man Now
April 17, 2012
Critic Score
77
12
reviews
22
.
Todd Snider - Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables
March 6, 2012
Critic Score
77
11
reviews
23
.
Mac DeMarco - Rock and Roll Night Club
March 13, 2012
Critic Score
77
6
reviews
24
.
Chuck Prophet - Temple Beautiful
February 7, 2012
Critic Score
77
6
reviews
25
.
Angel Olsen - Half Way Home
September 4, 2012
Critic Score
77
8
reviews
1
2
3
Related
Recent Singer-Songwriter Albums
Users' Highest Rated Singer-Songwriter Albums of 2012
The Best Albums of 2012
MORE GENRES:
Alternative Rock
Ambient
Art Pop
Black Metal
Contemporary Folk
Country
Death Metal
Electronic
Electropop
Folk
Hardcore Punk
Hip Hop
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Jazz
Metal
Metalcore
Pop
Psychedelic
Punk
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Connect with AOTY
Like Us
Follow Us
Become a Donor
Donor badge, no ads + more benefits.
Critic Score
User Score
Advertisement
Recent Best Music
View More
Advertisement